The Early Years
(12 Jul 1921 -
28 Jan 1942)
Army Air Forces
(28 Jan 1942 -
1 Aug 1943)
Post Ploesti
(2 Aug 1943 -
Present)
Official MOH Citations:
2nd Lt. Lloyd H. Hughes
(Lloyd "Pete" Herbert Hughes, Jr. - 12 Jul 1921 - 1 Aug 1943)
Source: Personal papers. Newspaper article from Page 4 of the San Antonio Express, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA, dated Tuesday Morning, 7 Mar 1944.
HUGHES
WAS FIRST AGGIE TO WIN MEDAL OF HONOR
COLLEGE STATION, Tex., March 6. - 2nd. Lt. Lloyd H. Hughes of Corpus Christi, Tex., and San Antonio, who lost his life Aug. 1, 1943, when he flew a bomber in the Ploesti, Rumania oil field raid, was, as far can be learned, the first Texas A. & M. College ex-student to win the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Hughes attended A. & M. as a freshman for two semesters. He was one of the Aggies who quit school to enter the armed services the day after Pearl Harbor raid (sic).
The war department announced March 4, that Hughes has been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. A citation stated that although the lieutenant's plane was ablaze, he chose to drop his load of bombs on the target rather than try a forced landing.
Corrections: Pete resigned from Texas A&M College on 3 Dec 1941, four days before the Pearl Harbor raid.
Note: Pete was the first of seven Texas Aggies to receive the Medal of Honor in World War II.
Last updated: September 11, 2008
